
Dayton's Lab Partners Great times and great music at Independent Expose at the Southgate House Saturday night. I enjoyed Kamikaze Saucers and the Sights even more than I expected plus the spectacular Kelly of Looking at Them introduced the bands there. I was also completely blown away by Lab Partner's live set- they reminded me of early Storm In Heaven -era Verve multiple times throughout their show. I even chatted briefly with the keyboardist, although I'm not [...]

Got Back yesterday after my two week break on the Island of Corsica, the above view is what greeted my eyes each morning as I climbed out of my bed. Maybe you can understand why it's my destination of choice each summer, I guess it's a great place for me as I get to revitalise my tired body, it being such a simple life style and the pace is rather gentle add to this the fact that boys love, they get to spend four weeks in their paradise and are not at all happy when they have to come back. [...]
So events in Lebanon have led some fundamentalist Christians to believe that Armageddon is nigh, and they’re awaiting the Second Coming with unrestrained glee . I already wrote about it here , but it put me in mind of something from my childhood, an event that imprinted itself on my six-year-old consciousness and stuck with me in the decades that followed. I am referring to the Jonestown massacre, where Jim Jones’s Peoples Temple cult community in Guyana self-destructed in a well-rehearsed mass murder/suicide event after killing Congressman Leo Ryan, three journalists, and some cult defectors who hoped to [...]

I've never actually heard any other Black Box Recorder songs besides this one; a tribute to the lesser known member of Wham, Andrew Ridgely. I probably should seek out more since this song is so hysterically awesome. Black Box Recorder-Andrew Ridgely Mp3 buy Black Box Recorder on Amazon